Wednesday 24 April |

Saint of the Day: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Africa

FIRE,ETHIOPIA

J-P Mauro

Ethnic violence in Somali region leads to slain priests and burned churches

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Alicia Ambrosio

Backgrounder: The Church’s efforts to bring peace in Democratic Republic of Congo

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Zoe Romanowsky

The bishop who’s changing the face of mental illness in his diocese

GLOBE

J-P Mauro

Africa overtakes Latin America for the highest Christian population

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Paul De Maeyer

After defeat in Iraq and Syria, ISIS is out to conquer Africa

CHURCH ATTACK

Paul De Maeyer

Nigeria: Is there a genocide against Christians?

ABIY AHMED,OSMAN SALEH MOHAMMED

John Burger

Ethiopia and Eritrea formally end a long-lasting state of war

KENYA,FARMER

Paul De Maeyer

Africa: The specter of external debt returns

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION,NEW YORK,TIMES SQUARE

Jeffrey Bruno

Exclusive Photos: In Times Square, New Yorkers pray for persecuted Christians

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John Burger

Migrants drown off Libyan coast

IVORY COAST

John Burger

Bishops in Ivory Coast blame corruption in midst of natural disaster

BOY,DRINKING,CLEAN,WATER

Paul De Maeyer

Ethiopia-Eritrea: Finally hope for peace, after 20 years of war

CASKET,COFFIN,MOPED

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Memento mori

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Nigeria’s bishops call faithful to May 22 protest of the killing of Christians

PRESIDENT TRUMP,NIGERIAN PRESIDENT

John Burger

Trump, bishops denounce violence against Christians in Nigeria

Jean-Pierre Ndulani, Edmond Kisughu Anselme Wasukundi

Zelda Caldwell

Catholic priest in Congo is kidnapped in latest in rash of abductions

EASTER,AFRICA

Aleteia Image Department

Easter Vigil in the Congo

WOMEN OF COURAGE, SISTER MARIA ELENA BERINI

Sophia Swinford

Why a humble Italian nun was just honored by the US State Department

NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS

John Burger

Nigerian schoolgirls set free, but kidnapping problem persists

Pope Francis Be Courageous Go to Confession Frederique Voisin Demery – fr

Salvador Aragones

Africans go to confession more often than all other Catholics. Here’s why

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